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Six percent of adults in Ireland living with symptoms of long Covid - Naughten

Recently released pandemic related data has found that six percent of adults in Ireland are living with self-reported symptoms of long Covid.

Breakthrough at last in desperate search for a hospital

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With smallpox sufferers in make-shift refuges such as out-buildings, rooms in the Loughrea barracks, and in sheds outside Dr Leonard’s home, all hopes are placed on the ready-made iron hospital ordered from Messrs Braby and Co. London. The hospital was to accommodate 12 patients, but already within five weeks of the first case being reported in Athenry, there were 20 cases of smallpox, three of whom had died.

Athlone native seeking cure for chronic Lyme disease diagnosis in Germany

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An Athlone woman will travel to Frankfurt in Germany this month to avail of specialist treatment in a bid to cure her Lyme disease condition.

New out-patient department to open at Portiuncula Hospital in mid-March

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has received confirmation that the new out-patient department at Portiuncula hospital will open on March 12, which will provide the opportunity to replace beds lost due to Covid-19 reconfiguration.

Naughten questions Minister on Portiuncula Hospital capacity

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Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has questioned the Minister for Health on the capacity of Portiuncula Hospital to deal with the surge in patients as a result of Covid-19.

Calleary raises Covid-19 crossover concerns at MUH in Dáil

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The chief executive officer of the HSE has been requested by the Health Minister, Simon Harris, to put together a report on a number of issues surrounding the management of Covid-19 and non Covid-19 patients in Mayo University Hospital.

Local researchers trialling social distancing app

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Researchers at NUI Galway’s Health Innovation via Engineering (HIVE) Lab, led by Professor Derek O’Keeffe, have developed a new smartphone app to help with social distancing. As recommended by the World Health Organisation, one of the basic principles in minimising the spread of this infectious disease is social distancing. It is currently suggested that people should have a space of at least 2 metres around them to reduce the chance of respiratory spread of the disease from person to person.

Valiantly and positively effecting the pertinent frontline health crisis cause

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Despite the negative connotations which the words COVID-19 evoke, there has been an essence of positivity pertaining to this persistent pandemic with frontline personnel working diligently and valiantly for innumerable hours aspiring to stem the spread of this infectious disease in local communities.

Galway woman appointed as funding manager at SFI Research Centre for Software

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has appointed Renmore’s Dr Martina Prendergast as International Funding Manager. The strategic appointment is key to achieving the centre’s goals of securing international investment in its leading-edge research.

TD critical of city hospital’s handling of TB outbreak

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At least 12 employees at University Hospital Galway, including nurses and care staff, have contracted latent tuberculosis from a patient who was diagnosed with the active form of the condition at the facility earlier this year.

 

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